Bildersturm und die Kämpfe

Painting of the Iconoclasm in Löwendau where the population targeted both the Crown and Church, plundering the local stronghold of King Edward and the Church of the Holy Spirit in Löwendau on 12 September 1634

Bildersturm und die Kämpfe in German and Iconoclasm & The Struggles in English are the terms for the outbreaks of the destruction of religious and royal images and the mistreatment of the Eldmoran people in general by the Crown in Eldmora and Auregulus during the 16th century, during these spats of iconoclasm, Catholic art, many forms of church fittings, decorations, but also castles, treasuries and such in unofficial or mob actions by Meissnerian and Lenzite Protestant crowds as part of the Protestant Reformation as well as Eldmoran Nationalists and Republicans, collectively known as the Abschwörungsbewegung both movements were a response to the subjugation and mistreatment of mainly the Eldmoran people by the Crown and Church, which only worsened during the iconoclasm, culminating into the Eldmoran War of Independence. Most of the destruction was of art in Churches and public places, however, there have been successful attempts where castles have been plundered and burned to the ground.